<span style="color: #222222;">At least 30 people, including several children, were killed when a fire ripped through a home that doubled as a matchstick factory in Indonesia today. <br />'' <br />'' The head of North Sumatra's disaster agency Riadil Lubis told Media that the exact cause of the fire is still unclear. <br />'' <br />'' Irwan Syahri of the local disaster mitigation agency in Langkap district said the dead included three children. He said many of the victims are burned beyond recognition.<br />'' <br />'' Deadly fires are not uncommon in Indonesia due to poor safety standards that are routinely flouted.<br />'' <br />'' In 2017, at least 46 people were killed and dozens more injured in a blaze that tore through a fireworks factory outside Jakarta. <br />'' <br />''<br />''Seventeen people were killed when a fire ripped through a karaoke bar on Sulawesi island in 2015 and, in 2009, a fire killed 20 people at a karaoke bar in Medan, on Sumatra island.</span>